collapsed. how did we get here? to really understand the roots of it, we need to go still further back, to what may just be the most consequential moment in supreme court history. the early 1950s. the post-war boom. but for many, the american dream was only available if you were white. segregation had an iron grip on the south. >> we have absolutely no intention of integrating in the south. >> for the brown family of topeka, kansas, separate but equal meant their daughter could not attend her neighborhood school. the supreme court heard the case of brown v. the board of education. like america itself, the court was bitterly divided over separate but equal. >> separate educational facilities are inherently